Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics
Characteristics of women having induced abortion | Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
1952: abortion is allowed (Yugoslavia)
1974: Art. 191 dated 21 February
1978: new Law dated 21 April
2017: the Constitutional Court confirmed the women′s right for abortion on request. The Court obliged the government to propose the new Law in the next 2 years.
Update 2019 (December) According to the media, no action regarding the new law has been started yet.
Legal conditions
- Written consent by the woman
- Mandatory pre-abortion laboratory tests and ultrasound examination.
Specific conditions for minors
- Specific legal counselling
- Parents (or guardians) have to sign for minors under 18.
Abortion legislation | Practical conditions | Abortion statistics | Characteristics of women having induced abortion
Fertility and contraception data | Country-specific characteristics
Medical abortion not regulated by the Law dated 21 April 1978, or by any other Law/Decree in Croatia.
Abortion ratio
- 80 abortions per 1,000 live births (2015).
Abortions “on request”
- 37% of abortions were performed “on request” in 2016.
Medical abortions No data.
Time of abortion – Missing data
Place of abortion
- The official data presented on this website page refer to those performed in public hospitals.
Women have to give written consent.
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SOURCES
United Nations publication (http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/abortion/profiles.htm)
Law dated 21 April 1978
Croatian Institute of Public Health, Central Bureau of Statistics (https://www.hzjz.hr/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Bilten_POBACAJI_2017.pdf)
Croatian Institute of Public Health, Central Bureau of Statistics (https://www.hzjz.hr/novosti/hrvatski-zdravstveno-statisticki-ljetopis-za-2016-tablicni-podaci/)
CIA (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2256.html)
https://abortion-policies.srhr.org/documents/countries/01-Croatia-Abortion-Law-1978.pdf#page=1
We thank Dr. Vesna STEPANIC for her help in data collection.
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Page updated in February 2020